Minet el-Beida

35°36′25″N 35°46′34″E / 35.607°N 35.776°E / 35.607; 35.776Typesettlement, portHistoryFoundedlate fifteenth century BCPeriodsBronze AgeCulturesCanaaniteSatellite ofUgaritEventsBronze Age collapseSite notesExcavation dates1928—1935ArchaeologistsClaude F. A. SchaefferOwnershipPublicPublic accessNo

Ugarit

Places
Salhi Minet el-Beida Ras Ibn Hani Royal Palace
Kings
Ammittamru I Niqmaddu II Arhalba Niqmepa Ammittamru II Ibiranu Niqmaddu III Ammurapi
Culture
Alphabet Language Grammar Pantheon Hurrian songs Baal with Thunderbolt
Texts
Baal Cycle Legend of Keret Tale of Aqhat
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Minet el-Beida (Arabic: المينا البيضا, The White Harbor; or ancient Maʾḫadu^[1]) is a small bay located 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) north of Latakia, Syria on the Mediterranean Sea.^[2]

History

It is an important archaeological site because it served as the harbor town and necropolis for Ugarit.

Gallery

Duck container found at Minet el-Beida
Mycenaean high-footed cup, 14th-13th centuries BC, imported to Ugarit. Found in the cemetery of Minet el-Beida

References

^ Astour, Michael C. (1970). "Maʾḫadu, the Harbor of Ugarit". Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. 13 (2): 113–127. doi:10.2307/3596082. ISSN 0022-4995.
^ Michael C. Astour, Ma'Hadu, the Harbor of Ugarit, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, vol. 13, iss. 1, pp. 113 – 127, 1970

Bibliography

Watson, Wilfred G. E.; Wyatt, Nicolas (1999). Handbook of Ugaritic studies, Part 1, Volume 39. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-10988-9.
Younger, K. Lawson (2007). Ugarit at Seventy-Five. EISENBRAUNS. ISBN 978-1-57506-143-6.
Gates, Charles (2003). Ancient cities: the archaeology of urban life in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Greece and Rome. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-12182-8.
Hansen, Mogens Herman (2000). A comparative study of thirty city-state cultures: an investigation. Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. ISBN 978-87-7876-177-4.